SHIVNARINE Chanderpaul is set to start his second stint as Derbyshire's overseas player as the final preparations for the beginning of the new LV County Championship season are put in place over the next three days at the 3aaa County Ground.

Durham MCCU will be the opposition for Derbyshire's last warm-up game before they go to Grace Road to face Leicestershire on Sunday.

The fact that it is so close to the Championship opener and has first-class status makes this university fixture far more valuable than it has been in previous years and the Derbyshire side that plays in it is likely to have a very close resemblance to the one that is named at Grace Road.

The arrival of Chanderpaul, who flew in from the West Indies yesterday, means elite performance director Graeme Welch is able to name what he already had in mind as his first-choice top six.